Matt Gallant
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Matt Gallant (born June 25, 1964) is an American television host. He is well-known as the former host of the Emmy Award-winning The Planet's Funniest Animals on Animal Planet. He has also served as a guest judge on various other television shows featuring animals and pets. Gallant played the role of a reporter in Good Burger (1997), co-hosted Xbox Live: Launch Party and Game On (2002), and hosted Simon Cowell's American Inventor in 2006. Matt Gallant is now featured on Direct TV's Help/Information Channel.
[edit] Early career
Born in Syracuse, New York and raised in Westport, Connecticut, Gallant studied communications and theatre at the University of Rhode Island in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. In his senior year, Gallant worked in the sports information department and broadcasted university basketball and football games. He held an internship covering sports news at Channel 6 in Providence, Rhode Island.
After graduating, Gallant moved to New York where he became a page at NBC and filled audiences for shows such as Late Night with David Letterman. He then hired an agent who managed to get him minor roles in television ads and soaps. He then moved on to Los Angeles where he auditioned for some small roles. Eventually, Gallant hosted a few shows, including X-Treme Energy, The Planet's Funniest Animals, and American Inventor.
Gallant is currently active in children's organizations such as the Make a Wish Foundation where he helps out and spends time with children.
